This afternoon the full House is expected to have another vote (or votes) to chose the Speaker, without whom the House can conduct essentially no business. Some Republican Representatives are indicating that they will not back Jordan for Speaker despite his nomination within the caucus; whether there are enough to block him from the Speakership – and what happens after that – remains to be seen. In addition to his own, Jordan requires 217 Republican votes to reach the Speakership. The House Democratic Caucus is expected to remain consolidated behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
You can see our previous discussion threads related to 2023’s various elections for US House Speaker on Days [One](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/102a8k0/discussion_thread_2023_speaker_of_the_united/), [Two](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1035ppc/discussion_thread_day_2_speaker_of_the_united/), [Three](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1044qog/discussion_thread_day_3_speaker_of_the_united/), [Four](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/104vin7/discussion_thread_day_4_speaker_of_the_united/) from this January that resulted in Speaker McCarthy, [the House vacating the Speaker](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/16yy9i6/discussion_thread_house_considers_vacating_the/) earlier this month, and the [ultimately-canceled Speaker vote from five days ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/175kmqc/discussion_thread_second_house_speaker_election/) wherein Representative Scalise ultimately failed to secure the support necessary to win a floor vote and withdrew his name from contention.
**Selected Reporting:**
– NPR: [The House can’t work without a speaker. How will it choose McCarthy’s successor?](https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203633021/jordan-scalise-mchenry-mccarthy-new-house-speaker) (Published October 5, 2023)
– AP: [Republicans will try to elect Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan as House speaker but GOP holdouts remain](https://apnews.com/article/jim-jordan-house-speaker-mccarthy-trump-f2b2bf9dc834742bde93d5fc918d9940)
**Live Updates:**
– CBS: [House speaker vote live updates](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/house-speaker-vote-live-updates/)
– The Washington Post (metered paywall): [House likely to vote today on Jim Jordan for speaker](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/17/house-speaker-vote/)
– NBC: [House speaker vote live updates](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/house-speaker-vote-live-updates-chamber-vote-trump-ally-jim-jordan-top-rcna120620)
– USA Today: [House set to vote on new speaker today as Jim Jordan tries to sway holdouts: Live updates](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/17/speaker-of-the-house-vote-live-updates/71209976007/)
– CNN: [The latest on the House speaker race](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-race-vote-10-17-23/index.html)
– The Independent (metered paywall): [House speaker vote looms as Jim Jordan scrambles to win over GOP: Live](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/house-speaker-republicans-jim-jordan-b2430857.html)
**Where to Watch:**
– C-SPAN: [House Session: The House is expected to hold a Speaker election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who was removed from the position on October 3.](https://www.c-span.org/video/?531158-1/house-session)
– PBS NewsHour via YouTube: [Watch Live: House convenes to elect new speaker with front-runner Jordan still rallying GOP support](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvfPVuEuzc4)
– US House of Representatives: [House Live](https://live.house.gov/)
by PoliticsModeratorBot
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Here we go
Think Jordan can win?
Also accepting guesses for how many rounds this will last
Time for the circus to begin again!
Place your bets here!
1) Does Jordan win the Speakership today, and
2) How many rounds does it take before today’s voting concludes (one way or the other)?
When are they starting the voting?
Inb4 Hakeem Jeffries from the top rope!!
I hearby declare my candidacy for Speaker. If you vote for me, I can promise not to be Jim Jordan.
What do his fellow Republicans say, ostensibly, about why he’s their choice?
I low-key want to see Jordan win just for the satisfaction of someone who is so used to lobbing bombs at leadership and disrupting basic functions of operation get into the hot seat and fall apart.
I’m optimistic that it’s a clean vote. They are bringing this to the floor and they’ve already been embarrassed enough behind closed doors. I assume they have their behaviors in check to try and at least show a veneer of basic civility.
I hope he goes down in flames and somehow learns to feel embarrassment. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
So is it Jordan without a doubt? No way the Republicans, or at least the temp speaker, are dumb enough to actually schedule and hold a vote that could result in anything else? They would be laughed out the room. Oh wait…
Popcorn.
Don’t want to be a downer but I don’t think this is going to be as exciting as everyone is hoping. Think Gym gets it on the first try and Dems will just campaign heavily that Republicans elected an insurrectionist who shields sexual harassers as the Speaker after Repubs almost caused a government shutdown.
According to the Salon article:
* 5 Hard No
* 5 Leaning no
* 2 – 3 undecided
I fully expect them to cave but interesting to still see a few hold outs.
I’m going to take the unhinged route and guess he wins with less than 3 rounds
Ah yes the circus is back in town
You don’t have the votes.
you don’t have the votes.
You’re gonna need congressional approval and you don’t have the votes.
(at least I hope that’s the case…)
Imagine Jim Jordan is going to the Floor Vote without actually getting all the GOP votes locked down? It’s going to take, what, 8 ‘present’ votes from the GOP for the Democrats’ House Minority Leader to be named Speaker of the House? Quite a risk Jim is running if he doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing…
From a Politico congressional reporter:
https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1714291751203282992
>“I get the impression the line is holding,” said one House Republican of the Jordan holdouts.
>They noted some members gave “tricky answers” re. their support for Jordan, indicating they may not support him on subsequent ballots after the 1st one at conference yday
Real question. If GOP decides that Jordan doesn’t have the votes but Hakeem Jeffries does, can the Speaker Pro Tempore hold off on holding a vote indefinitely?
Let’s the games begin! I hope Jordan is voted down so hard he can never even get a gym teaching job again.
Relinquishing the gavel to Hakeem would be less embarrassing for this circus of GOP representatives than continuing to pretend they can govern.
[https://reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/s/vqHNMWM02y]
> LOL — Rep. Michael McCaul on CNN says that if Jordan doesn’t get elected speaker, “maybe we ought to look at Kevin McCarthy again”
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/CygSUe5AhUp/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== (video)